Dutch subtitle generator
For Dutch the model you pick matters most of all: in OpenAI’s figures Fast gets about 1 word in 3 wrong and Accurate about 1 in 6. Shycut runs both on your device.
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How often it gets a Dutch word wrong
| Model in Shycut | Word error rate | Roughly | From the paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accurate (Whisper small) | 16.4% | 1 word in 6 | Table 13, “Whisper small” row, Dutch column · OpenAI |
| Fast (Whisper base) | 33% | 1 word in 3 | Table 13, “Whisper base” row, Dutch column · OpenAI |
Word error rate is the share of words a model gets wrong (swapped, missed or added) against a human transcript, in OpenAI’s own test on the FLEURS speech set; lower is better.
Shycut runs these two models converted to work in a browser (with 8-bit or 4-bit weights on some devices), so its results can differ a little from the paper’s.
Which model to pick
- Accurate
- Makes 50% fewer mistakes in Dutch than Fast. A one-time download of about 300 MB, kept on your device.
- Fast
- About 100 MB to download and quicker to run, at about 1 word in 3 wrong instead of 1 in 6.
- Either way
- Correct any line in the Captions tab before saving; the speech never leaves your device.
Accurate, or a lot of fixing
Dutch has the widest gap between the two models of any language Shycut offers a page for: 33% with Fast, 16.4% with Accurate, 50% fewer mistakes. Use Accurate for Dutch.
Even then, plan to read the subtitles through: Dutch comes ninth of 10 languages for accuracy, so names, numbers and borrowed words are worth a second look.
Need English captions for Dutch speech? Translate it instead.
How to do it in Shycut
Open your video
The button opens Shycut with the captions set to Dutch, ready to write.
Write the captions
The speech model downloads once, then turns the speech into timed lines in this browser tab.
Check, then save
Fix names and terms, pick a caption style, and save the video with the captions in it, or download them as an SRT file.
Where these facts come from
Questions
Is the Fast model good enough for Dutch?
Only for a rough draft: it gets 33% of Dutch words wrong in OpenAI’s test, against 16.4% for Accurate.
Can I translate Dutch speech into English?
Yes; the Dutch translation page shows the model’s score for it.
Where does the processing happen?
On your device, in your browser. The video is never uploaded.
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